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now, before being dick cheney defense secretary, dick cheney had been wyoming congressman dick cheney but hadn't lived in wyoming for years. he was running halliburton, the big oil field service company that he had turned into a giant defense contractor. and halliburton was headquartered in texas. and dick cheney and his family were living in texas. they were living in dallas. they'd been living there full time for years. and from his perch in dallas, where he lived, dick cheney took a long, hard look at all the possibilities he was given for who could be george w. bush's running mate. dick cheney after reviewing everybody decided the best man for the job was dick cheney. he picked himself. which is awkward in so many ways. but dick cheney don't care. he picked himself. that's what he's like. but that 12th amendment was going to be a problem, right? because george bush lived in texas, obviously. he was governor. and dick cheney also obviously lived in texas. he lived in dallas and ran halliburton from there that. means they're both texans. under the 12th amendment, when texas' elector
now, before being dick cheney defense secretary, dick cheney had been wyoming congressman dick cheney but hadn't lived in wyoming for years. he was running halliburton, the big oil field service company that he had turned into a giant defense contractor. and halliburton was headquartered in texas. and dick cheney and his family were living in texas. they were living in dallas. they'd been living there full time for years. and from his perch in dallas, where he lived, dick cheney took a long,...
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his long time political allies hadn't known this was the dick cheney existing. >> the real dick cheney. >> we missed that. a lot of people misunderstood that the cheney they saw on "meet the press," who was so low key and moderate in demeanor masked the fact he was always very conservative, always very concerned about these issues of an apocalyptic possibilities. bugs and gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons. when 9/11 happens, this is kind of a confirmation. you have to remember what happens in the months after. not just 9/11 but anthrax attacks and other things we didn't necessarily know at the time. botulism scare in the white house, president bush and vice president cheney told they might have been infected by pathogen. pakistani nuclear scientists who were reported to have been talking to osama bin laden. other scares. every day they were getting ways they thought big things might happen. that shaped the outlook and shaped the response to 9/11 from then on. vice president cheney believed that very little was out-of-bounds if it came to protecting the country against what h
his long time political allies hadn't known this was the dick cheney existing. >> the real dick cheney. >> we missed that. a lot of people misunderstood that the cheney they saw on "meet the press," who was so low key and moderate in demeanor masked the fact he was always very conservative, always very concerned about these issues of an apocalyptic possibilities. bugs and gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons. when 9/11 happens, this is kind of a confirmation. you...
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>>> a new low from dick cheney. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews out in los angeles. let me start tonight with this. the political right in this country has reached a new low, as i said. it has shown from the beginning that president obama doesn't deserve the decency accorded other american presidents. his enemies have called him an illegal immigrant, a street corner con artist, a fraud, a manchurian candidate brought to this country to undermine all we stand for. well, now dick cheney comes right out and calls him a liar when a right wing back bencher did that's four years ago he was called out for rebuke even by his own party. now what was condemned as historic bad behavior comes snarling out of dick cheney's mouth and nobody says to shut up. we can argue as we do here about the problems implementing the affordable care act. but is this, calling the president a liar, the new language of american politics? or is it a language specially treated for the country's first african-american presi
>>> a new low from dick cheney. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews out in los angeles. let me start tonight with this. the political right in this country has reached a new low, as i said. it has shown from the beginning that president obama doesn't deserve the decency accorded other american presidents. his enemies have called him an illegal immigrant, a street corner con artist, a fraud, a manchurian candidate brought to this country to...
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dick cheney can't stand the fact that his side lost the election, dick. that he and his neocons are under assault and in retreat, thank god. he's saying president obama is picking second class people. we'll be right back with the story of dick cheney. >>> also the white party. how did the gop become the home office for conservative whites? a fascinating new story in "the new republic" argues the cause is not overt racism but is based on the pre-civil war southern interpretation of the constitution shared by modern day republicans, you know, secession, nullification. >>> plus, the man who shot osama bin laden, we don't know his name yet and have never seen his face yet, but the member of the s.e.a.l. team who pulled the trigger three times has told his story to "esquire." we've got the author here tonight, phil bronstein. >>> let me finish with some thoughts on the stripe of republican dick cheney leads. the kind that would believe in him. this is "hardball," the place for politics. be fearless! introducing volume without fear of clumps. new covergirl clum
dick cheney can't stand the fact that his side lost the election, dick. that he and his neocons are under assault and in retreat, thank god. he's saying president obama is picking second class people. we'll be right back with the story of dick cheney. >>> also the white party. how did the gop become the home office for conservative whites? a fascinating new story in "the new republic" argues the cause is not overt racism but is based on the pre-civil war southern...
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nobody else qualified and you end up with dick cheney. that was 12 years ago. do you think duringast it yea 2 years he thought, maybe that was a fix? >> he said again and again that he's comfortable with who he is, he has no regrets. the bottom line here is, as cordial as the relationship may be, which i think means frosty, no matter how much bush distances himself from dick cheney, the two forever share a co-biline on the iraq war. they are tied together unlike any president and vice president in our history. >> let me go back to the scooter libby job. his incredible loyalty. the boss, in this case, dick cheney, went out and said it. we're leaving a soldier on the field. he was out there fighting our battle for us. scooter gave up his law practice, his white shoe law firm and everything to serve cheney and everyone in the country in his way. he was talking to everybody for cheney. at the time, cheney stepped back and acted like he had nothing to do with it. which is it, is he a soldier or an outlaw? >> don't forget, he lied for dick chen
nobody else qualified and you end up with dick cheney. that was 12 years ago. do you think duringast it yea 2 years he thought, maybe that was a fix? >> he said again and again that he's comfortable with who he is, he has no regrets. the bottom line here is, as cordial as the relationship may be, which i think means frosty, no matter how much bush distances himself from dick cheney, the two forever share a co-biline on the iraq war. they are tied together unlike any president and vice...
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the pile with nobody else qualified and you end up with dick cheney. do you somewhere during the time you've thought about that, that's 12 years ago, do you think during the past 12 years he thought, wait a minute, maybe that was a fix? >> i wonder. when he gave the interview last week -- >> the angler. >> he said again and again he's comfortable who he is, he has no regrets, but the bottom line here, as cordial as the relationship may be, which i think does mean frosty, no matter how much bush distances himself from dick cheney, the two will forever share a cobyline on the iraq war and other misdeeds. whatever's happening with him now, they are tied together, unlike any president and vice president in our history. >> let me go back to this scooter libby job. i respect one thing about scooter libby, his incredible loyalty. he's never come out and said the boss told me to do all this, but the boss, in this case dick cheney, said it. we're leaving a soldier on the field. scooty libby gave up his law practice and everything to go serve cheney and the coun
the pile with nobody else qualified and you end up with dick cheney. do you somewhere during the time you've thought about that, that's 12 years ago, do you think during the past 12 years he thought, wait a minute, maybe that was a fix? >> i wonder. when he gave the interview last week -- >> the angler. >> he said again and again he's comfortable who he is, he has no regrets, but the bottom line here, as cordial as the relationship may be, which i think does mean frosty, no...
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cheney to a closed door meeting for him to share with them his dick cheney wisdom on foreign policy. to be clear, dick cheney didn't show up uninvited and they felt bad and had to let him in, they invited him to talk to them, he is their chosen expert. still. since we reported that story wednesday night after the meeting i have some sort of correction. i've been waiting to feel stupid, right? waiting to hear it was some lefty satire that fooled us, no way did house republicans seek out dick cheney for advice on foreign policy in 2013. can't be. but alas, there has been no correction. that apparently actually happened. and it gets better or worse, better/worse. vice president cheney's next stop after meeting to advise house republicans on foreign policy this week was another speaking gig at the republican national committee spring meeting in los angeles. the official national republican party meeting. this year is aimed specifically at the challenge of, quote, broadening the republican party's appeal with voters. so congressional republicans called in dick cheney for advice on foreign
cheney to a closed door meeting for him to share with them his dick cheney wisdom on foreign policy. to be clear, dick cheney didn't show up uninvited and they felt bad and had to let him in, they invited him to talk to them, he is their chosen expert. still. since we reported that story wednesday night after the meeting i have some sort of correction. i've been waiting to feel stupid, right? waiting to hear it was some lefty satire that fooled us, no way did house republicans seek out dick...
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dick cheney used, right. >> when dick cheney says that, he meant he's for gay marriage. i don't know what liz meant when she said that in 2009, but if this is a strategy to win her campaign, it's a bad strategy, but when she's running a race down 30 or 50 points, depending on the poll you believe, maybe she does have really dumb strategies that she's using. >> wyoming on marriage equality, ppp poll, should same-sex marriage be legal? yes 32%. she is running in a republican primary, so it's not rocket science what the winning issue is there. >> but i think it's important to remember that it's not just what this says about her character. the republican party has long been sort of a coalition of wall street, main street and easy street. easy street meaning the west, basically. and whereas wall street wants tax cuts and main street is culturally conservative, the west wants the government out of their life. property values, gun rights, what have you. and so, i don't think this is necessarily -- wyoming is a very libertarian place and i don't think this is necessarily helpful
dick cheney used, right. >> when dick cheney says that, he meant he's for gay marriage. i don't know what liz meant when she said that in 2009, but if this is a strategy to win her campaign, it's a bad strategy, but when she's running a race down 30 or 50 points, depending on the poll you believe, maybe she does have really dumb strategies that she's using. >> wyoming on marriage equality, ppp poll, should same-sex marriage be legal? yes 32%. she is running in a republican primary,...
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outrageous even for dick cheney. here he is taking hillary clinton completely out of context over what else, benghazi. >> i think the benghazi thing is one of the great -- it's not just embarrassment, it's a tragedy because we lost four people that night. but what i always recall is her testimony saying what difference does it make. and the fact of the matter is it makes a huge difference. she clearly wasn't hands on and now she doesn't want to be hands on. and she's doing everything she can to avoid responsibility for what clearly fell into her baliwick. >> i hope you caught that. he implies that hillary clinton was talking about the four americans being dead including chris stevens. when she said what difference does it make. in fact, in those words she was referring to republican attacks on the talking pints points used by susan rice afterwards. here's the full context of that comment by the secretary. >> we were misled that there were supposedly protests and something sprang out of that, an assault sprang out of
outrageous even for dick cheney. here he is taking hillary clinton completely out of context over what else, benghazi. >> i think the benghazi thing is one of the great -- it's not just embarrassment, it's a tragedy because we lost four people that night. but what i always recall is her testimony saying what difference does it make. and the fact of the matter is it makes a huge difference. she clearly wasn't hands on and now she doesn't want to be hands on. and she's doing everything she...
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well, the question is when has dick cheney been right? this weekend he accused the president of making what he called second-rate selections for our national security team. hmm, john kerry is second rate? john kerry who volunteered for combat in vietnam and faced the enemy under fire? john kerry who was nearly elected president, a contest in which dick cheney didn't dare try for first base? chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, that john kerry? dick cheney reminds me of what my hero, winston churchill once said of people who stick around past their time, people like dick cheney offering their wisdom so freely. we need fewer peerages and more disappearages. that's "hardball" for now. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. there is no bigger story in america than the republican plan to destroy the economy in just 18 days. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> the president gets set to add
well, the question is when has dick cheney been right? this weekend he accused the president of making what he called second-rate selections for our national security team. hmm, john kerry is second rate? john kerry who volunteered for combat in vietnam and faced the enemy under fire? john kerry who was nearly elected president, a contest in which dick cheney didn't dare try for first base? chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, that john kerry? dick cheney reminds me of what my...
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. >>> a new low from dick cheney. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews out in los angeles. let me start tonight with this. the political right in this country has reached a new low, as i said. it has shown from the beginning that president obama doesn't deserve the decency accorded other american presidents. his enemies have called him an illegal immigrant, a street corner con artist, a fraud, a march yourian candidate brought to this country to undermine all we stand for. well, now dick cheney comes right out and calls him a liar when a right wing back bencher did that's four years ago he was called out for rebuke even by his own party. now what was condemned as historic bad behavior comes snarling out of dick cheney's mouth and nobody says to shut up. we can argue as we do here about the problems implementing the affordable care act. but is this, calling the president a liar, the new language of american politics? or is it a language specially treated for the country's first african-american pr
. >>> a new low from dick cheney. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening i'm chris matthews out in los angeles. let me start tonight with this. the political right in this country has reached a new low, as i said. it has shown from the beginning that president obama doesn't deserve the decency accorded other american presidents. his enemies have called him an illegal immigrant, a street corner con artist, a fraud, a march yourian candidate brought to this country to...
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that dick cheney. that's a funny person to be talking about credibility. joining me now is former congressman patrick murphy, democrat from pennsylvania. he is the first iraq war veteran elected to congress. thanks for coming on the show. >> thanks for having me back on, rev. >> dick cheney thinks the president has no credibility. i mean, is he serious? >> rev, you would think that ten years after dick cheney got us into an unnecessary war in iraq that caused 4,486 americans their lives and tens of thousands injured an hundreds of thousands of iraqis to be killed, you would think ten years later that he would have the decency to keep his mouth shut about credibility of elected leaders. >> now, you were an iraq war veteran. so you're one of those that went over at the risk of your lives and certainly those that you served with on cheney's policy. i mean how do you feel when you hear this man just stand there and make these kind of -- sit there and make these kind of statements. >> it really gets my iris
that dick cheney. that's a funny person to be talking about credibility. joining me now is former congressman patrick murphy, democrat from pennsylvania. he is the first iraq war veteran elected to congress. thanks for coming on the show. >> thanks for having me back on, rev. >> dick cheney thinks the president has no credibility. i mean, is he serious? >> rev, you would think that ten years after dick cheney got us into an unnecessary war in iraq that caused 4,486 americans...
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and dick cheney is out there trying to rewrite history. it's awfully curious to me that we don't often talk about the bush years if you're in republican company. it's as if he was never president and if dick cheney was never vice president. we skip our way back to ronald reagan. but if you were to focus on those years and some of the real abuses of that administration, that's a conversation that they don't really want to have. i've got great respect, i have to say, for dick cheney and this new book about his progression along heart disease and all of these issues he has had. but i've got a fair amount of disrespect for how he has tried to recast the narrative around the bush years. you know, it's going to be awfully interesting in the coming days. >> yeah. now, ryan, this weekend's pheasant hunt in iowa reminded us of a hunting trip in 2006 when the great dick cheney shot a man in the face. have we got a picture of his victim? yes, there he is. texas attorney harry whittington whose face was riddled with bird shot. let's see how senator cr
and dick cheney is out there trying to rewrite history. it's awfully curious to me that we don't often talk about the bush years if you're in republican company. it's as if he was never president and if dick cheney was never vice president. we skip our way back to ronald reagan. but if you were to focus on those years and some of the real abuses of that administration, that's a conversation that they don't really want to have. i've got great respect, i have to say, for dick cheney and this new...
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dick cheney is trying to rewrite history. but he won't get away with it. >>> and the truth behind bill o'riley's freak out. >> don't sit there and call me a liar. >> i am. >> we can have a disagreement without calling me a liar. that's not necessary. >> no, you're lying. you are lying. (music throughout) why turbo? trust us. it's just better to be in front. the sonata turbo. from hyundai. are proven to be effective pain relievers. tylenol works by blocking pain signals to your brain. bayer advanced aspirin blocks pain at the site. try the power of bayer advanced aspirin. you ready? [ female announcer ] second kid by their second kid, every mom is an expert and more likely to choose luvs. after thousands of diaper changes, they know what works. luvs lock away wetness better than huggies for a fraction of the cost live, learn, & get luvs. >>> it's the guest list everybody's talking about at the big conference known as cpac next week. mr. 74% new jersey governor chris christie, he got trumped. it's the latest sign conservatives
dick cheney is trying to rewrite history. but he won't get away with it. >>> and the truth behind bill o'riley's freak out. >> don't sit there and call me a liar. >> i am. >> we can have a disagreement without calling me a liar. that's not necessary. >> no, you're lying. you are lying. (music throughout) why turbo? trust us. it's just better to be in front. the sonata turbo. from hyundai. are proven to be effective pain relievers. tylenol works by blocking pain...
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cheney reminds us why we miss dick cheney. stay with us. >> i think that the president's performance boy my standards in the international arena, the middle east and so forth, is worse than many of my friends and colleagues deem his domestic policies. simply stated, there is no doubt that saddam hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. it smells worse, and it can happen any time -- to anyone! like when i ran to catch the train to work and a draft blew my
cheney reminds us why we miss dick cheney. stay with us. >> i think that the president's performance boy my standards in the international arena, the middle east and so forth, is worse than many of my friends and colleagues deem his domestic policies. simply stated, there is no doubt that saddam hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with...
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dick cheney is the man who took us into war on iraq with false pretense. dick cheney was the man who was vice president when we were hit on 9/11. and dick cheney has the nerve to get out there and say we have no credibility? he is picking the the democrats as much as he is the president. this i go never got close to killing osama bin laden. and the fact is that and now dick cheney has the nerve to go on national television and say president obama has no credibility. almost as outrageous as shooting someone in the face and getting away with it. president obama has done more to dismantle al qaeda in one term than bush and cheney did in two terms. he killed osama bin laden and has taken a number of other ranking al qaeda members. even in the outrage, president obama is doing just fine. apparently america has no problem with it. his approval rating hasn't taken a hit. even during the so-called scandals. americans trust this president. this man provided healthcare for 30 million uninsured people. saved the american automobile industry. created 6 million private
dick cheney is the man who took us into war on iraq with false pretense. dick cheney was the man who was vice president when we were hit on 9/11. and dick cheney has the nerve to get out there and say we have no credibility? he is picking the the democrats as much as he is the president. this i go never got close to killing osama bin laden. and the fact is that and now dick cheney has the nerve to go on national television and say president obama has no credibility. almost as outrageous as...
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outrageous even for dick cheney. he is taking hillary clinton out of context over what else, benghazi. >> i think the benghazi thing is one of the great -- it's not an embarrassment, it's a tragedy. we lost four people that night and i recall her testimony saying what difference does it make? the fact is it makes a huge difference. it wasn't hands on and now she doesn't want to be hands on and doing everything she can to, void responsibility for what fell into that. >> he implies that hillary clinton was talking about the four americans being dead when she said what difference does it make. in fact she was referring to republican attacks on the talking points by susan rice afterwards. here's the full context. >> we were misled that there was pro test and something sprang out of that. that was easily ascertained that that was not the case. the american people could have known that within days and they didn't. >> with all due respect we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or guys who decided to kill am
outrageous even for dick cheney. he is taking hillary clinton out of context over what else, benghazi. >> i think the benghazi thing is one of the great -- it's not an embarrassment, it's a tragedy. we lost four people that night and i recall her testimony saying what difference does it make? the fact is it makes a huge difference. it wasn't hands on and now she doesn't want to be hands on and doing everything she can to, void responsibility for what fell into that. >> he implies...
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that's why president bush wanted dick cheney. >> was acknowledged to need a puppet master. but what was also interesting is that politico says that by the end of the administration, in 2008 and 2009, bush and cheney disagreed on north korea, syria, lebanon, russia, the middle east peace talks, gun rights, gay rights, climate change, surveillance, detention and the auto bailout. by the end, sort of the pinocchio understood or i don't know, the point is, there was a real rift between these two men. >> bush did become more moderate in the end and cheney didn't and the pardon of scooter libby was the biggest issue which bush wouldn't agree to. this question of their relationship, the cheney/book relationship. i wrote a book about this so i can go on. that's the key question. people misunderstand and think that bush deferred to cheney, gave him power. he didn't. i think cheney brilliantly manipulated bush. and one thing he brilliantly manipulated was bush's need to feel he was the executive in control. >> but how did he do that really practically speaking? because you wrote a bo
that's why president bush wanted dick cheney. >> was acknowledged to need a puppet master. but what was also interesting is that politico says that by the end of the administration, in 2008 and 2009, bush and cheney disagreed on north korea, syria, lebanon, russia, the middle east peace talks, gun rights, gay rights, climate change, surveillance, detention and the auto bailout. by the end, sort of the pinocchio understood or i don't know, the point is, there was a real rift between these...
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and then the world around dick cheney changes even though the world according to dick cheney doesn't change at all. and that's where the tragic structure comes in. i tell the tale. it's not my role to make the judgment. it's not my role to prosecute. it's my role to tell the story, and i believe history will agree that this is the truth about who dick cheney was, what he believed, how he did what he did, and its impact on this country. >> it took you something like seven months to actually get him to agree to do this film. how much time did you spend with him, and did you end up liking him as a man? >> we spoke over a four-day period. five hours a day. a total of 20 hours. then on the fifth day, as you mentioned, he invited us to go fly fishing with him. it's the first time he'd gone fly fishing since his heart attack. and he was very welcoming to us. i mean, he -- he was cordial and friendly and, yes, it's hard, i think, not to like him as a person. he's very engaging. politics are a different issue, and we have different politics and that's something that was no secret to him. he k
and then the world around dick cheney changes even though the world according to dick cheney doesn't change at all. and that's where the tragic structure comes in. i tell the tale. it's not my role to make the judgment. it's not my role to prosecute. it's my role to tell the story, and i believe history will agree that this is the truth about who dick cheney was, what he believed, how he did what he did, and its impact on this country. >> it took you something like seven months to...
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absolutely breath taking >> angela, what's your reaction to the great dick cheney there? >> first i have to say, martin, i laughed and totally agree with john na than. that's ironic here is is this man who shot his friend in the face so the king of friendly fire who has comments about the credibility of our president $800 billion later after the iraq war is talking credibility there. he supports the president but says he's not credible. the only thing i can say to you is that this is what dick cheney should do about credibility. zip it. >> right. professor peterson, speaking of the nsa controversy, jonathan edward -- edward snowden gave an exclusive interview to the guardian" today and asked what he thought of dick cheney calling him a traitor. mr. snowden said that being called a traitor by dick cheney is the highest honor you can give an american. pro fes or. >> this is the moment in american politics where there are too many.sprang bedfellows to account for mere. someone like dick cheney doesn't have a lot of accountability in calling anyone a traitor. if we look at th
absolutely breath taking >> angela, what's your reaction to the great dick cheney there? >> first i have to say, martin, i laughed and totally agree with john na than. that's ironic here is is this man who shot his friend in the face so the king of friendly fire who has comments about the credibility of our president $800 billion later after the iraq war is talking credibility there. he supports the president but says he's not credible. the only thing i can say to you is that this...
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>> i would say it's a backhanded compliment but i don't agree with dick cheney on many things but in this case i do. i don't think chris christie really has a shot, and not because he's too moderate. i just don't think the christie schtick will play well in other states, such as texas. in the primary here in texas, christie is not going to play well. so in this case i to agree with cheney. >> but doesn't he, steve, have time to change or enhance his image on the national stage as the chair of the rga and that puts him in states around the country and in people's living rooms and on their phones and in different venues where they can learn about the type of guy chris christie is and come to know him differently? >> it's possible. i think that the words we heard from dick cheney this morning are probably going to be prominently played over and over again in attack ads throughout the 2016 cycle and there's going to be a lot of problems. i think victoria is absolutely right. when you look back over the course of the last several years it's going to be hard for christie to walk away from
>> i would say it's a backhanded compliment but i don't agree with dick cheney on many things but in this case i do. i don't think chris christie really has a shot, and not because he's too moderate. i just don't think the christie schtick will play well in other states, such as texas. in the primary here in texas, christie is not going to play well. so in this case i to agree with cheney. >> but doesn't he, steve, have time to change or enhance his image on the national stage as...
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. >> i want to bring up this dick cheney comparison. people are going to say suddenly obama has become dick cheney. he didn't compare himself to george w. bush who in fact was the president but dick cheney, the guy who arguably was the. puppet master of the bush presidency. "the atlantic" has an interesting analysis. i would love your thoughts on this. "for all their substantial differences, dick cheney and barack obama share one leadership trait -- they trust their own judgment so thoroughly and value it so highly that they recklessly undermine all institutional and prudential restraints on their ability to exercise it whenever they see fit. indeed, like kobe bryant at end of a playoff game, they both harbor a barely suppressed supremely arrogant belief that behaving in this way is their responsibility, or even their burden." >> well, it's part right and part not right. i think there is no question that anybody who's been in the president's presence, president obama, cleerm undarly understan he thinks he is the smartest person in the r
. >> i want to bring up this dick cheney comparison. people are going to say suddenly obama has become dick cheney. he didn't compare himself to george w. bush who in fact was the president but dick cheney, the guy who arguably was the. puppet master of the bush presidency. "the atlantic" has an interesting analysis. i would love your thoughts on this. "for all their substantial differences, dick cheney and barack obama share one leadership trait -- they trust their own...
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he had some friends, but that is not his kind of town, if you will. >> right and dick cheney is one of his close presidential friend. and it is well documented that cheney and bush have add strained relayingship. a lot of that dates back to when george w. bush refused to give a full pardon in the scooter libby, who was dick cheney's chief of staff, and caught up in that whole controversial over valarie plame, the cia agent exposed during the tail end of the bush administration. so that excerpt you just showed, di dick cheney is supposed to be at the library dedication. >> including a list including condi rice. do we have an explanation as to why? >> we don't, tamron. you look at all the hint and there is, as i've mentioned, a strained relationship. it is natural for a vice president not to be the best friend of the president of the united states after an election. even vice president biden, who i believe is much closer to president obama, than cheney and bush, i don't think biden will be playing basketball with barack obama on a constant basis after his presidency ends. so sometimes th
he had some friends, but that is not his kind of town, if you will. >> right and dick cheney is one of his close presidential friend. and it is well documented that cheney and bush have add strained relayingship. a lot of that dates back to when george w. bush refused to give a full pardon in the scooter libby, who was dick cheney's chief of staff, and caught up in that whole controversial over valarie plame, the cia agent exposed during the tail end of the bush administration. so that...
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you brought up dick cheney earlier. it doesn't make sense. at some point you have to have your arguments and your message aligned. it's off right now. >> i mean, the one thing that's clear, john boehner made it very clear what the fundamental goal is. watch this. >> it's becoming more and more important for us to share the truth with our young people and encourage them to lock arms, speak out for life, and help make abortion a relic of the past. let that be one of our most fundamental rules this year. >> make abortion a herelic of t past. i don't think you can be clearer than that. >> absolutely not. i think we'll see that in his legislative agenda. john boehner is not elected by the majority of american people. the majority of american people want women to have access to safe and legal abortion. they, on the other hand, many in the house republican caucus are elected by people who very much want them to get in the examining room with a woman and legitima legislate what she can and cannot do. they're stuck. >> angela, this means they learned
you brought up dick cheney earlier. it doesn't make sense. at some point you have to have your arguments and your message aligned. it's off right now. >> i mean, the one thing that's clear, john boehner made it very clear what the fundamental goal is. watch this. >> it's becoming more and more important for us to share the truth with our young people and encourage them to lock arms, speak out for life, and help make abortion a relic of the past. let that be one of our most...
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they are bringing in dick cheney. i'm sure he's an intelligent person but this blast from the past is not what they need. >> i'm not talking about intelligence. i'm talking about if you are talking about rebranding, why are you going to bring in the person that you're trying to rebrand his kind of politics. >> absolutely. i'd be curious to see what these look like. we're talking about republicans how to deal with people of color, they did something similar. plantation room in virginia, they had an all white panel, maybe one latino person, no black men, no black people. this is not how you move forward with a group of white people talking about how to deal with people of color. so they've got a lot of work to do. >> toure and margie, thank you for coming on the show tonight. >> thank you. >> don't forget to watch tchl u toure at 3:00 p.m. >>> ahead, death threats, racial slurs, jackie robinson faced it all and he changed america forever. what was it like growing up with an american icon? we will ask his children sharon
they are bringing in dick cheney. i'm sure he's an intelligent person but this blast from the past is not what they need. >> i'm not talking about intelligence. i'm talking about if you are talking about rebranding, why are you going to bring in the person that you're trying to rebrand his kind of politics. >> absolutely. i'd be curious to see what these look like. we're talking about republicans how to deal with people of color, they did something similar. plantation room in...
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i like dick cheney a lot. >> so do i. but that was speaking out of both sides of his mouth. >> -- last 30 years so i'm the wrong guy to ask that question. i would love to have a party where dick cheney's an elder statesman and colin powell's an elder statesman. and you have -- that's what we had when he won 49 states. we had both wings of the republican party, and i love listening to dick cheney. >> he was speaking out of both sides of his mouth. >> a little more of colin powell. >> i think that if the party did that, that it would help the party. but when you have a party of stockman and cornyn, it only makes me get the popcorn out and smile. >> and you need someone like him to be clear and positive. >> did you not see the democrats yesterday? fighting like bobcats on this set. >> i missed that. >> we were talking about a story about democratic infighting and then they denied there's democratic fighting and then howard dean and steve ratner fought like bobcats. >> i don't understand. you won't let me speak because you kn
i like dick cheney a lot. >> so do i. but that was speaking out of both sides of his mouth. >> -- last 30 years so i'm the wrong guy to ask that question. i would love to have a party where dick cheney's an elder statesman and colin powell's an elder statesman. and you have -- that's what we had when he won 49 states. we had both wings of the republican party, and i love listening to dick cheney. >> he was speaking out of both sides of his mouth. >> a little more of...
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that is dick cheney. that dick cheney. the man who led the charge to go to war in iraq over weapons of mass destruction that they still haven't found. it's like rand paul slamming someone for plagiarism. or like, i don't know, mitt romney slamming the health care law he helped write and calling the president dishonest. oh, wait a minute, that actually happened today. >> the real problem with the president's plan is not just the rollout. that's implementation, and glitches of various kinds. it should have been done better, but it wasn't. but the real problem that the president has is a broken promise. is dishonesty. >> you can't make this stuff up. but it's all part of the right-wing plan to do everything they can to make this obama care rollout president obama's hurricane katrina. why? because it was the event, along with the iraq fiasco, that doomed the bush presidency. today, a former bush official said, quote, the echoes to the fall of 2005 are really eerie. katrina matches to the rollout of the website. another said th
that is dick cheney. that dick cheney. the man who led the charge to go to war in iraq over weapons of mass destruction that they still haven't found. it's like rand paul slamming someone for plagiarism. or like, i don't know, mitt romney slamming the health care law he helped write and calling the president dishonest. oh, wait a minute, that actually happened today. >> the real problem with the president's plan is not just the rollout. that's implementation, and glitches of various...
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. >>> some people say, well, obama was this braving liberal before and now he is dick cheney and dick cheney said, yeah, he took it all lock, stock and barrel. my concern has always been not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather are we setting up a system of checks and balances. >> president obama did not say if the u.s. is going to prosecute edward snowden. he is leaving that up to the justice department for now. meantime, snowden did not interview of his own. a web chat on the guardian website. he said being called a traitor by dick cheney is a high honor. most americans think he should be prosecuted. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> so chris, it almost feels like snowden and obama are trying to do the same thing. make their case to the american people about why each of them is right? is it clear who is winning at this point? >> i think it is interesting to see the president come out so forcefully. obama and his aides were very, very promoting this interview with charlie rose last night. what obama tried to do is try to make the case to
. >>> some people say, well, obama was this braving liberal before and now he is dick cheney and dick cheney said, yeah, he took it all lock, stock and barrel. my concern has always been not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather are we setting up a system of checks and balances. >> president obama did not say if the u.s. is going to prosecute edward snowden. he is leaving that up to the justice department for now. meantime, snowden did not...
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he's upset that obama didn't recognize dick cheney and george w. bush. and all the wonderful work they did over the years to get to bin laden, et cetera. >> torah bora. >> he's not alone. there are many others who say the same thing. >> except we went to war to get the guy and had a war without getting the guy. >> let's talk about what cheney's really talking about. it's not a counterintelligence. it is politics. and he's playing attack dog role as he did as the v.p. and a running mate. now he's supporting his daughter liz out there who is also -- >> i think that's the light motif. it's daddy backing daughter, which i understand. cheney also hit president obama for seeming to take a victory lap after the killing of osama bin laden. he says the president should have kept the whole thing quiet. let's watch. >> by going public the way they did, they lost, i am convinced, some opportunities. you don't go out and broadcast the fact that you've got the guy. you want to take that intelligence and be able to exploit it over the next few nights. and wrap up large
he's upset that obama didn't recognize dick cheney and george w. bush. and all the wonderful work they did over the years to get to bin laden, et cetera. >> torah bora. >> he's not alone. there are many others who say the same thing. >> except we went to war to get the guy and had a war without getting the guy. >> let's talk about what cheney's really talking about. it's not a counterintelligence. it is politics. and he's playing attack dog role as he did as the v.p. and...
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dick cheney is back in a brand-new documentary. the former vice president looks at his time in the bush presidency and says that he would do it all over again and not change a thing. the showtime documentary is coming out next friday, and it's called "the world according to dick cheney." cheney says "if i had to do it over again, i'd do it over in a minute." cheney's power in the bush presidency was diminished in bush's second term. and in 2007, cheney wanted to bomb a suspected syrian nuclear reactor, but secretary of state condoleezza rice disagreed. >> condi recommended taking it to the united nations. i strongly recommended that we ought to take it out. i thought it would sort of, again, reassert the kind of authority and influence we had that we had back in '03 when we took down saddam hussein and eliminated iraq as a potential source of wmd. there are certain bright lines out there, and you do not cross them. and one of the bright lines is you don't provide nuclear technology to terrorist-sponsoring states. >> consume, that f
dick cheney is back in a brand-new documentary. the former vice president looks at his time in the bush presidency and says that he would do it all over again and not change a thing. the showtime documentary is coming out next friday, and it's called "the world according to dick cheney." cheney says "if i had to do it over again, i'd do it over in a minute." cheney's power in the bush presidency was diminished in bush's second term. and in 2007, cheney wanted to bomb a...
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i think he's stopped thinking of thatcher and was thinking of dick cheney. you know, basically as soon as he started that sentence. you know, one of the other things -- one of the things that thatcher said about her own legacy when she was asked about it, she said, you know, one of the greatest things that i've left behind was tony blair. you know, you can never imagine a republican in the united states saying something like that. you know, and i think -- i think what she meant by that is, you know, she was able to break kind of the far left of the labor party and allow this neoliberal labor party to emerge. you'd never see dick cheney say the greatest legacy of the bush administration is barack obama. and barack obama certainly is a legacy of the bush administration. you know, the backlash in 2008 against dick cheney and george bush was fierce. >> absolutely. dana, all we hear in this country from conservatives is now wonderful margaret thatcher was, but her passing actually provoked some celebrations in the united kingdom and northern island. take, for exa
i think he's stopped thinking of thatcher and was thinking of dick cheney. you know, basically as soon as he started that sentence. you know, one of the other things -- one of the things that thatcher said about her own legacy when she was asked about it, she said, you know, one of the greatest things that i've left behind was tony blair. you know, you can never imagine a republican in the united states saying something like that. you know, and i think -- i think what she meant by that is, you...
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some that dick cheney said caught my attention. he said we have an obligation within the party to pass leadership to the next generation. what he seems to be missing when he says the tea party is actually a good thing for the party, is that the upcoming generation is very turned off by extreme politics. you look at the recent survey that came out nbc slbs esquire survey, 50% of young people actually land right in the middle. they are more comfortable cross gs the line. i would say to mr. cheney, i wouldn't call it a weak, divided party controlled by the far right passing down leadership to the next generation, i was actually disheartened by that. >> the thing that disheartened me the most happened later when we saw how cheney manipulated his medical history to be in position to be vice president. let's roll that, the vice president with sanjay gupta. >> after speaking with cheney's cardologist, dr. cooley told the bush campaign that cheney was in good health with normal cardiac function. >> the normal cardiac function wasn't true.
some that dick cheney said caught my attention. he said we have an obligation within the party to pass leadership to the next generation. what he seems to be missing when he says the tea party is actually a good thing for the party, is that the upcoming generation is very turned off by extreme politics. you look at the recent survey that came out nbc slbs esquire survey, 50% of young people actually land right in the middle. they are more comfortable cross gs the line. i would say to mr....
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now he is dick cheney. dick cheney sometimes says yeah, you know, he took it all lock, stock and barrel. my concern has always been not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather, are we setting up a systems of checks and balances. >> folks, this is the unreality of this. whether you like it or not, it shows how not serious they really are. joining me now are maria teresa kumar and jonathan capehart. thank you both for being here tonight. >> thanks, rev. >> hello, reverend. >> jonathan, a big headline coming out of that interview is that president obama saying he is no dick cheney. what is your response? >> well, he is no dick cheney. remember, when they started these programs, the bush administration was tapping into phones, doing all these things without -- without any sort of authority. without warrants and things. and when the president came in, he decided, he said in the interview, i can't remember if you played it in the clip, that he brought some balance there. the o
now he is dick cheney. dick cheney sometimes says yeah, you know, he took it all lock, stock and barrel. my concern has always been not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather, are we setting up a systems of checks and balances. >> folks, this is the unreality of this. whether you like it or not, it shows how not serious they really are. joining me now are maria teresa kumar and jonathan capehart. thank you both for being here tonight. >> thanks,...
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you see dick cheney and you go crazy. i think you have a crush on him. you like that strong forceful guy, a daddy figure. i think there's -- >> should i punch him. >> in your rolls royce you roll down and look up at the cheney household, a powerful man. >> that's just off the rails. >> anybody? >> what just happened? >> i'm not sure we went there. >> she has a crush on him. >> i do like him very much. >> see there. >> but that was speaking out of both sides of his mouth. >> you lost me with the rolls royce. >> my mom drives a white pickup truck. it's a really old one. >> what is matt lauer doing? i saw some fu man chu thing. >> he had a bushey beard and he knocked it down.
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. >>> plus, dick cheney. sit makes sense? >>> roger ailes is making accusations of racism. >>> an unhinged nra board member, ted nugent, is making an appearance in the chamber for the president's state of the union address. >> if barack obama becomes the president in november again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> we'll tell you which member of congress invited him. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. every now and then in this business you get a feeling about a story. you know, we need to talk more about this. there is not enough conversation about what is going on here. and i want our audience to grab these numbers tonight because a lot of things can happen between now and march 1 that aren't good for the economy. i want to start with this number. $85 billion. that's a lot of money. think about that between now and the end of the year, $85 billion. in just 17 days, here is another number. the u.s. economy will be hit with $85 billion in across-the-board cuts. how can ame
. >>> plus, dick cheney. sit makes sense? >>> roger ailes is making accusations of racism. >>> an unhinged nra board member, ted nugent, is making an appearance in the chamber for the president's state of the union address. >> if barack obama becomes the president in november again, i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> we'll tell you which member of congress invited him. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching....
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james, we just got the statement in from dick and lynn cheney. this is an issue we dealt with privately for many years and pained to see it become public. liz has always believed in the traditional belief in marriage and treated her sten area sister's family with love and respect. compassion is called for even when there's disagreement and such a fundamental matter. liz's many kindnesses should not be used to distort her position. that's just in -- i don't think this moves the ball forward one way or the other. but i am curious and people have wondered, is liz cheney contacted her sister mary or at least prepared her for what she had to expect would happen on sunday? >> tamron, it's good to be with you and it is a pretty remarkable family squabble. it really speaks to a divide in the republican party and divide in the country. mary cheney is not a political novice, she played a key role on her father and george w. bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. she's worked closely with her sister. it really is surprising that this has come out and
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